SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 18:13

18:13a Was it not reported to my lord what I did

Has no one told you, (sing) my master, what I did
-or-
Surely, master, you (sing) must have heard about what I did.

18:13b when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD?

when Jezebel was killing/executing Yahweh’s prophets?
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It was when ⌊Queen⌋ Jezebel was having/ordering the prophets of Yahweh put to death.

18:13c I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave,

The Hebrew text does not include a word meaning “two.”

I hid one hundred prophets of Yahweh in ⌊a place of/with⌋ caves, fifty men to a cave.
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I ⌊saved⌋ one hundred of the prophets by helping them hide in caves, fifty prophets in one cave and fifty in another.

18:13d and I provided them with food and water.

I provided food and water to them there.
-or-
Then I had food and water ⌊regularly⌋ brought/given to them ⌊in the caves⌋.

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